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I purchased this axe a few months ago. Played it a couple times before taking it to my local luthier to have it set up. The tremolo springs needed to be tightened up a bit, and action lowered.When I picked it up, the guitarist that worked on it told me how impressed with it they all were! Definitely one of the best guitar purchases I’ve made.

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purchased this amazing metal shredding machine. Well worth it!!! Thing sounds killer! Coil tapped Pickups are dialled in just as they should be. Outstanding work Brendon Small. I wish they made a tune o matic bridge version tho. But none the less this is an awesome sounding , easy playing, beautiful axe

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Everything feels right, the biggest flaw??? I need to get a set up for the bridge & its set a little too high, other than that it's beautiful!!!!

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I own several guitars, and have owned others, Deans, Gibson, Ibanez, another Epiphone; And this is now my all time favorite neck! 24 fret slim Gibson profile, and the graphite neck is not just any matte finish, it’s a non stick surface that hardly retains finger prints! And after a slight truss Ross adjustment and set up it’s the straightest flattest neck I have, wonderfully low action. I’ve always admired Small’s signature guitars but never pulled the trigger until now, glad I did. I was ready to swap out the bustbuckers, but they do have most excellent crunch, no plans to change out anytime soon! Only things keeping this from 5 stars. 1. The case arrived damaged, the strap that holds the neck in place busted loose, as it was held in place by 4 straight pins!! I was about to exchange but couldn’t imagine a replacement arriving any differently. Epiphone seemed to think it was fine... Wish they’d charge $50 more and made it a hard case. The rest is personal preference. 1, Not a fan of the body mounted tremolo, I’m about to have that routed out actually. 2. Shoulder strap button is not ideal. Explorers hang much better with a back strap button. Also fixing that. Otherwise this is one hell of a gorgeous guitar, I’ve played instruments that cost twice as much not half as great as this thing. Actually glad it’s limited mwahaha!

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It's fine instrument it works very well and I love it it is the awesomest guitar you can put in your hands it's that like it says it is just mean you can go anywhere with it do the Galaxy Cross Mars around Venus yeah you can just have a damn good time you can travel through your journeys so have a good time man

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For todays cash, a lot of guitar for the money.. Don't sweat the out of the box setup! If you don't do your own work, take it to a tech before you even plug it in.. A few trem adjustments, etc, and you're golden.. It's basically a "Prophecy Extura" with a floyd.. Super nice guitar for the money.. zZounds, was awesome as always, best place to buy gear..

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It plays very smooth The neck feels like an old Gibson well it basically is a Gibson and it's really nice guitar The pickup's really sound great The tribolo system everything on mine was the setup the action everything was perfect I didn't sound really did help me out here big time you know this is my third Epiphone from them I I really do appreciate it and the guitar is beautiful and it was shipped to me very very well packaged and it was really took care of and the sound of the guitar is unique it's got a full wool rich body sound to it Hope you enjoy it space trucking on man

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I own several guitars, and have owned others, Deans, Gibson, Ibanez, another Epiphone; And this is now my all time favorite neck! 24 fret slim Gibson profile, and the graphite neck is not just any matte finish, it’s a non stick surface that hardly retains finger prints! And after a slight truss Ross adjustment and set up it’s the straightest flattest neck I have, wonderfully low action. I’ve always admired Small’s signature guitars but never pulled the trigger until now, glad I did. I was ready to swap out the bustbuckers, but they do have most excellent crunch, no plans to change out anytime soon! Only things keeping this from 5 stars. 1. The case arrived damaged, the strap that holds the neck in place busted loose, as it was held in place by 4 straight pins!! I was about to exchange but couldn’t imagine a replacement arriving any differently. Epiphone seemed to think it was fine... Wish they’d charge $50 more and made it a hard case. The rest is personal preference. 1, Not a fan of the body mounted tremolo, I’m about to have that routed out actually. 2. Shoulder strap button is not ideal. Explorers hang much better with a back strap button. Also fixing that. Otherwise this is one hell of a gorgeous guitar, I’ve played instruments that cost twice as much not half as great as this thing. Actually glad it’s limited mwahaha!

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Great playing guitar. Needs individual setup according to your personal taste. Nice beautiful finish. Packaged and shipped safely and delivered when promised.

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Looks beautiful....but that's it. First guitar had terrible shipping damage. Cracked fretboard, chipped corners and bent knobs. Second one had a neck that was warped so bad, it was unplayable and couldn't be fixed. The first one aslo had a warped, unplayable neck. After reading other reviews, I clearly am not alone. The guitar looks great, but the quality isn't there unfortunately. Looks like 9/10 of these guitars are dead right off of the line. That's too bad, because they sure do look great!

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Alot of fine tuning to this one, action, intonation, truss rod adjustment. Nice smooth playing after. Both E strings are to close to the edge of the frets. Good balance, should weight more, it's light.Get a pro to adjust it for you. It will be a excellent starter guitar...

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Got this in after 2 mos of being back ordered. It came with broken stings and a horribly high action setup. The top looked amazingly cheap and the neck was a mile away from the fretboard. Needless to say this cheaply made in China guitar that was equipped with US pickups and a Floyd Rose was returned within seconds of pulling it out of the case. Don’t bother with this one…there is way better for less!

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I've been playing guitar and other instruments for quite a few years and I always wanted an explorer. I have never been able to find the right model at the right price till now. This is easily one of the best guitars I have ever seen

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This is easily one of the best guitars I've ever bought and played. From the gorgeous finish to the higher fret accessibility and anything else in between, this is a fantastic guitars

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